At a Black History Month reception at the House of Commons on 22nd October, we saw the launch of the Operation Black Vote Mentoring scheme for black and ethnic minority women councillors.
Members and Friends of Chinese Lib Dems are warmly invited to attend our 2nd Annual General Meeting to be held on 11 Nov 2009 at Camden Townhall at 5.30pm.
'Ao Yun' in Mandarin or 'Jeux Olympiques' as they say in France. Wherever you may be this month, it is probably difficult to get away from news on the Beijing Olympics. It is afterall the largest international sporting event showcasing the best in athletics and sports. Athletes from no less than 204 'nations' compete for titles and medals. China, as host nation, is on track to break new records in more ways than one. Described in the Economist as something of a 'coming-out party' after over a century of foreign colonisation, civil war and poverty, she is poised to show her return as a great world power.
On the 11 November members of the Chinese Liberal Democrats elected their new executive to take them in to 2010 and beyond.
Anna Lo MBE MLA has been selected by the Liberal Democrats sister party in Northern Ireland, the Alliance Party, to stand in the next Westminster General Election for the constituency of South Belfast.
Speaking ahead of Eid Al-Adha, the Chinese Liberal Democrats and the party Leader, Nick Clegg, have sent out their best wishes, recognising that in China alone there are over 21 million Muslims.
